Teaching Aims:
To learn the passage Teenagers’ friendships
To help students to learn and use English practically
To help students to understand about the differences between teenage boys’ and girls’ friendships
To apply what they have learnt to prepare an oral report to present to the class
Teaching Key Points:
The usages of the words like attitude, regardless etc.
Teaching Difficulties:
How to complete the oral report
Teaching Procedure:
Step One: Reading
T: (Greet the class as usual) In this unit, we mainly talked about friendship. It plays an important role in our lives. Everybody needs friends. However, girls and boys have different types of friendships and different attitudes towards friendship. Next please read the passage about different attitudes teenage boys and girls have about friendships and answer the following questions:
1) What puzzles Robert?
2) What’s the difference between girls and boys in their attitudes towards friendship?
3) What are boys’ and girls’ friendships each based on？
Suggested Answers:
1. Some things about Amanda and her friends. (He can’t understand what girls can talk about for so long.)
2. Girls always have a lot to talk about with their best friends and have more friendships than boys. Boys cannot name a single best friend.
3. Girls’ friendships are based on shared feelings and support while boys’ are based on shared activities or interests.
T: Very good! Then do you agree with these differences between teenage boys’ and girls’ friendships?
Ss: …
Step Two: Giving an oral report
T: Ok, next we will plan and conduct a survey and prepare an oral report to present to your class. Let’s complete it step by step.
Planning:
Work in small groups. You will discuss and decide on a certain topics on the different attitudes between boys and girls. Circle one of the topics below or write down one of your own.
favourite food hobbies the future
family school subjects music
My own topic: ____________________________________________
(Make sure that all the group members agree on the topic they choose and that different groups choose different topics.
Preparing:
Now that you have chosen your topic, your group will need to discuss and agree on an answer to each of the following questions:
1) What is the primary purpose o our survey?
2) How many questions we will ask?
3) Who will take our survey?
Discuss the tasks listed below and decide which group member will responsible for the task. Write the names beside the work each member is going to do .
1) Write survey questions/Design the survey ____________________
2) Conduct the survey and calculate the results __________________
3) Write the report _________________________________________
4) Present the oral report ____________________________________
( Ask students to discuss the three major questions first. Then they should decide what each group member will be responsible for to finish each task. Set a deadline for it.)
Producing:
Members responsible for writing the survey questions need to write multiple-choice questions that can be answered quickly and are easy to total when the survey is complete. The entire group should agree on and approve the questions.
A sample Questionnaire
Tick the answer which most applies to you.
1. Are you a boy or a girl
Boy □ Girl □
2. How many best friends do you have?
A lot □ A few □ None □
3. How often do you have a long conversation with your friends?
More than three times a week □ Once a week □
Seldom □ Never □
4. What topics do you usually talk about with your best friends?
Hobbies and interests □ Families and friends □
School and study □ Emotions and feelings □
Future plans and dreams □
5. Do you share your secrets with your best friend?
Always □ Sometimes □ Never □
6. Do you think boys and girls have the same attitudes towards friendship?
Yes □ No □
7. If you choose No to Question 6, what different attitudes do you have?
Girls seem to have a lot to talk about with their best friends. □
Girls’ friendships are based on shared feelings and support. □
Boys’ are based on shared activities or interests. □
Girls have more friendships than boys. □
(T shows the above as a example to help students to complete the project and students can remove some of them or add their own questions.)
Conduct the survey and calculate the results. Add up the total number for each response and then calculate the differences between answers given by boys and girls.
Students writing the report need to briefly discuss the conclusions the group has drawn, based on the survey results. This should include the different answers given by boys and girls as well as similar answers.
Presenting:
After the report is written, it is time to present your findings to the clad in an oral report.
Discuss the conclusions the group has come to regarding differences between the attitudes of teenage boys girls.
Answer any questions your classmates have about your survey or results.
Post a copy of your survey and results on the display wall of your classroom.
Step Three: Language Points
1) attitude n. 姿势，姿态；心态，看法
e.g. People’s attitude towards the accident varies widely.
e.g. What’s your attitude towards the result of the foot match?
take an attitude of … 采取……态度
take a/an … attitude towards sb/sth 对某人或某事采取/抱有……态度
2) regardless adj. 不管……的；不顾……的（同of连用，作状语）
e.g. He says what he thinks, regardless of other people’s feelings.
e.g. The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable regardless of his financial situation.
adv. 无论如何；不管；不顾
Step Four: Homework:
To do Parts B1 and B2 on page 91 in Workbook
To do parts D1 and D2 on page 93 in workbook